Port of L.A. Completes Channel Deepening to 53 Feet

The Port of Los Angeles and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the port's 10-year, $370 million Main Channel Deepening Project is complete. The project "has been our single-most, important infrastructure project," said Port Executive Director Geraldine Knatz. It involved deepening the port's 45-foot deep main channel, West Basin channel and East Basin channel to a 53-foot depth. The Port of Los Angeles is in the midst of a five year, $1.3 billion Capital Improvement Program to modernize and upgrade terminals, to increase rail capacity and improve roadways in and around the port.